The final vegetation surveys for the 2014 season wrapped up recently at the end of September. It was a busy summer full of adventures for the Caribou Program: snow in June made finding plants to survey a challenge, hot dry weather in July and August made for smoky field conditions due to numerous active wildfires (the nice weather also permitted two weeks of helicopter based sampling in the mountains for Mountain Pine Beetle crews after the fires died down), and finally as fall set in, Barry and Meghan woke up to a picturesque snowy landscape at their camp in Two Lakes.
At the heart of any successful field season is the hard work and commitment of everyone involved and the Caribou Program would like to thank all of our crew members and collaborators for their dedication and team spirit! In particular, a big thank you goes out to AESRD and Alberta Parks for the use of the field camps in Kakwa and Two Lakes, to the Grizzly Bear Program for their support and collaboration throughout the season, and to Joe Kermish-Wells and his crew for their help and good company in camp. Hope to see you all again next year!
